Soraon

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Soraon

The westernmost of the three trans-Gangetic tahsils of Allahabad District, United Provinces, comprising the parganas of Mirzapur Chauharl, Soraon, and Nawabganj, and lying between 25° 32' and 25° 45' N. and 8i° 36' and 81° 58' E., with an area of 260 square miles. Population fell from 186,876 in 1891 to 186,758 in 1901, the rate of decrease being the lowest in the District. There are 423 villages and two towns, including Mau Aimma (population, 6,769). The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 3,01,000, and for cesses Rs. 41,000. The tahsll has a higher density, 718 persons per square mile, than any in the District except that which contains the city of Allahabad, and parts of it are more thickly populated than any rural area in the United Provinces. The upland portion consists of remarkably fertile soil, overspread with a network of jhils, which supply water for rice cultivation. Excellent sugar-cane and rice are grown. In 1903-4 the area under cultivation was 163 square miles, of which 68 were irrigated. Tanks or jhils supply one- fourth of the irrigation, and wells most of the remainder.